Plato's Laws

Long under-studied, Plato’s Laws has been the object of renewed attention
since the late 1990s, and is now considered to be his major work of political
philosophy besides the Republic. In his last dialogue, Plato returns to the
project of describing the foundation of a just city and sketches in considerable detail its constitution, laws and other social institutions. Written
by leading Platonists, the chapters in this volume cover a wide range of
topics central for understanding the Laws, such as the aim of the Laws as
a whole, the ethical psychology of the Laws, especially its views of pleasure and non-rational motivations, and whether and, if so, how the strict
law code of the Laws can encourage genuine virtue. The chapters make an
important contribution to ongoing debates and will open up fresh lines of
inquiry for further research.